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CNS
BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
PNS
NERVES OUTSIDE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
AXON CONVEYING MESSAGES FROM THE SENSE ORGANS TO THE CNS AND FROM CNS TO MUSCLES.
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
CONTROLS HEART, INTESTINES AND OTHER ORGANS
DORSAL
TOWARDS THE BACK
VENTRAL
TOWARDS THE STOMACH
LAMINA
A ROW OR LAYER OF CELL BODIES SEPERATED FROM OTHER CELL BODIES BY A LAYER OF AXONS AND DENDRITES
NUCLEUS
A CLUSTER OF NERUON CELL BODIES WITHIN IN CNS
GANGLION
A CLUSTER OF NEURON CELL BODIES USUALLY OUTSIDE THE CNS
GYRUS
A PROTUBERANCE ON THE SURFACE OF THE BRAIN
SULCUS
A FOLD OR GROOVE THAT SEPERATES ONE GYTUS FROM ANOTHER
FISSURE
A LONG DEEP SULCUS
ANTERIOR
TOWARDS THE FRONT END
POSTERIOR
TOWARD THE REAR END
SUPERIOR
ABOVE ANOTHER PART
INFERIOR
BELOW ANOTHER PART
LATERAL
TOWARD THE SIDE, AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE
MEDIAL
TOWARD THE MIDLINE, AWAY FROM THE SIDE
PROXIMAL
LOCATED CLOSE TO THE OPINT OF ORGIN OR ATTACHMENT
DISTAL
LOCATED MORE DISTANT FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN OR ATTACHMENT
IPSILATERAL
ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BODY
CONTRALATERAL
ON THE OPPOSTE SIDE OF THE BODY
CORONAL PLANE (FRONTAL)
A PLANE THAT SHOWS BRAIN STRUCTURES AS SEEN FROM THE FRONT
SAGITTAL PLANE
A PLAIN THAT SHOWS BRAIN STRUCTURES AS SEEN FROM THE SIDE
HORIZONTAL PLANE / (TRANSVERSE)
A PLANE THAT SHOWS BRAIN STRUCTURES AS SEEN FROM ABOVE
BELL MAGENDIE LAW
THE ENTERING DORSAL ROOTS (AXON BUNDLES) CARRY SENSORY INFORMATION AND THE EXITING VENTRAL ROOTS CARRY MOTOR INFORMATION
DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA
CLUSTERS OF NERUONS OUTSIDE THE SPINAL CORD
GRAY MATTER
CELL BODIES AND DENDRITES DENSLY PACKED IN THE CENTER OF THE SPINAL CORD
SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
NETWORK OF NERVES THAT PREPARE THE ORGANS FOR VIGOROUS ACTIVITY -FIGHT OR FLIGHT
PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
VEGATATIVE NON EMERGENCY RESPONSES (OPPOSITE OF SYMPATHETIC)
HINDBRAIN
MEDULLA, PONS, CEREBELLUM
BRAINSTEM
MEDULLA AND PONS, MIDBRAIN AND SOME FOREBRAIN
FORBRAIN
THALAMUS, HYPOTHALAMUS
MIDBRAIN
COLLICULUS'S, SUBSTANTIA NIGRA...
HINDBRAIN
MEDULLA, PONS, CEREBELLUM, MEDULLA
RETICULAR FORMATION
CONTROLS MOTOR AREAS OF THE SPINAL CORD.
RAPHE SYSTEM
SENDS AXONS TO MUCH OF THE FOREBRAIN
CEREBELLUM
MOVEMENT, CALANCE, COORDINATION
MEDULLA
CONTROLS LIFE PRESERVING REFLEXES
PONS
MANY FIBERS THAT CROSS SIDES IMPORTANT FOR TIMING AND SHIFTING ATTENTION
SUBSTANTIA NIGRA
CAUSES PARKINSONS DISEASE
LIMBIC SYSTEM
NUMBER OF INTERLINKED STRUCTURES IMPORTANT FOR MOTIVATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORS
THALAMUS
MAIN SOURCE OF SENSORY INPUT TO CEREBRAL CORTEX
HYPOTHALAMUS
MOTIVATIONAL AND HORMAL REGUALATION
PITUITARY
MASTER GLAND
BASAL GANGLIA
INFLUENCE MOTOR MOVEMENTS, EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION, MEMORY AND REASONING
HIPPOCAMPUS
MEMORY FUNCTION
CEREBRAL CORTEX
SURROUNDS THE REST OF THE BRAIN AND RESPONSIBLE FOR SENSORY ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION, LANGUAGE PROCESSING, MOTOR CONTROL AND SOCIAL AWARENESS